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If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

As Canadian as a McIntosh.

Did you know that you won't get a McIntosh apple tree if you plant seeds from a McIntosh apple? Macs come only from trees which were grafted from another, and every single McIntosh tree in the world today can be traced back to a single tree which was also a grafted tree.

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

bravo-de-esmolfe!

Yep, that's an apple variety that only is produced in a small region of Portugal. It has a really strong perfume, really, an amazing smell, and its very soft inside, when you bite it it has a weird texture, like if its made of flour and it isn't hard yet. Also they are always very small, a bit bigger than a plum I'd say.

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

Originally Posted by gsdx

As Canadian as a McIntosh.

Did you know that you won't get a McIntosh apple tree if you plant seeds from a McIntosh apple? Macs come only from trees which were grafted from another, and every single McIntosh tree in the world today can be traced back to a single tree which was also a grafted tree.

That is true for all apples: they are not true from seed. The original Granny Smith was found -- where else -- in Granny Smith's backyard in either NZ or Australia in the 1860's. The Golden Delicious was found in West VA in the 1920's, and until recently was protected by a fence.

This is why new apples coming to market are in limited suppy. It also explains the huge variety of apples.

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

Originally Posted by palbert

That is true for all apples: they are not true from seed.

I don't dispute that. What I said was that all of the Mac trees in the world today can be traced back to a single tree on John McIntosh's Ontario farm back in the late 1700s. The McIntosh is truly a Canadian apple.

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

McIntosh all the way; it's the only thing I think of when I think of "apple."

(okay if Macs have been out of season long enough, i will eat a New Zealand Rose.)

Americans need to keep their guns so they can protect themselves from gun violence just like Nancy Lanza did. And like Chris Kyle did. And like Gabby Giffords did. And like Tom Clements did. And like Michael Piemonte. And Joseph Wilcox.

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

Originally Posted by palbert

Yes. Most will not be worth eating. Rarely you will find a gem.

But they generally make decent pie apples.

"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

Gravenstein - In some climes we can be had all year long and we produce excellent juice!:-

I noticed that one's missing from the nice pic. We had three trees of those when I was growing up. They don't have the Airlie, Carolina Red, or Macoun, either.

"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

After pondering that nice graphic, I've decided I'd probably be a Jonagold or Honeycrisp -- the dual color patterns seem to go well with my bipolar.

"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "

Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

^ Burnt. YES!!

WHY in the hell is it that most stuff, in most places, is cooked so that it is so very, uh...PALE???? Like they're afraid that one single molecule may actually be BURNED, God forbid.

For those who know what "crispies" are (a very simple confection, when sugar-coated pure dough is baked), both places in Macomb that carry them always offer them very, VERY PALE with the entirely-intact sugar granules on top and not even melted. YECCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once in a while they will fuck up and kind of burn them and the sugar caramelizes and turns brown...OH MY GOD...HOW WONDERFUL!!!! On a scale of 0 to 10, that "fuck up" moves the crispies along the scale at least by an increment of "7." Very close to 10 if the sugar really gets caramelized and they're actually a little burned.

I talked to the bakers once and they told me that people complained when the crispies were dark and caramelized. I know at least five other people here (out of maybe 10 or 12 total who are in my social circle) who like their cooked stuff a little on the burned side.

How can them and I be the only people in the entire universe who actually likes their food a little bit burned or crispy?

WONDERFUL things happen to food when it's browned properly.

Gala, absolutely YES!!

Not only is it my favorite apple...but one of the syllables sounds like "GAY." (IF, that is, you're also one of those people who pronounce "data" as "DAY-tuh")

Last edited by frankfrank; January 4th, 2013 at 10:48 PM.

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Re: If you were an apple, what variety would you be?

SAME thing happens at the same two supermarkets, both of which sell rotisserie whole chickens (CHEAP, excellent bargain for those who want a meat meal on a budget). Almost always, their chickens are VERY PALE, look almost not cooked at all, sometimes even more gray than brown, YUCKIE-POO...

And likewise, sometimes they will really fuck up, and the chickens will actually be BROWN, and the wings will be DARK brown and very crispy...and, WOW, is it ever yummy then!

I notice the same thing with something like Ritz Crackers - often those are really pale, but once in a while I'll end up with a box that has ones in it that are actually brown, and holy smokes, those are incredibly wonderful!

What IS this American fixation of just so very, very barely cooking stuff?

END OF OFF-TOPIC RANT.

BOSS: I'm sorry, but I'll have to lay you and Jack off.
SUE: Can you just jack off? I feel like shit today.

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires" - Susan B. Anthony

If Mary gave birth to Jesus, and Jesus is the Lamb of God, did Mary have a little lamb?